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o rS VOL XLIX NO 27 .. A . .--A ; i A t A I :;:" I? A 4 .. -t: Students win at national home builders show TREVOR WILSON News writer A team of construction technology students were pleasantly surprised last month when they were presented with the first place trophy at the National Association of Home Builders' annual Residential Construction Management Competition in Las Vegas. Alex Evans, Amy Carter, Lisa Seacrest, Peter Geilman and Steven Cooper, all second-year UVU construction technology students, comprised the award winning team. They were coached by Associate Professor De Wayne Erdmann. The team was sent floor plans in September of a custom designed home that was to be built in St. Louis, Miss. They had to research area-specific regulations before preparing detailed plans for drawing, estimating and scheduling construction. "It was a five member team, each putting in about 100 hours on the project," said Erdmann. "Hard work." The team was also able to comprehensively analyze the market and redesign their drawing in order to meet the Silver-level Green Building Standard with only 30 days of notice. "Everything had to be changed to make it a green home," said Evans, the team's drafter and designer. "That was the hardest thing because most of the contractors around here do not do the green building things, so the cost of those things were so much more then they normally are." "We had to spend considerable time deciding which features we would want to add into the plans that we were given," said Geilman, the team's See HONORS A5 President Holland's State of the a new science building, budget f $ Li WIC is a Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) or the 'Food Stamp program' helps low-income people and families buy the food they need for good health. Both programs are sponsored by the USDA Food and Nutrition Service. Students on stamps GREG WILCOX " Web editor For an increasing number of students, food stamps have become a necessity for living. "I went to the government for help with groceries when I was pregnant," said Mel Sundquist, a student at UVU on the WIC program. "WIC is a supplement - it does not provide enough food for your entire diet. But it does pay for a good amount of healthy food each month, including eggs, milk, beans, and nutritious cereals." While there is no information available on how many students on campus receive food stamps, there is information on how many recipients there are per zip code. For example, within UVU's own zip code, which is 84058, the numbers of people on food stamps have grown from 543 people in 2007, to 623 in 2008, to 950 in 2009-a substantial increase that has occurred statewide. Naturally, as these numbers rise, so does the number of students applying as well. The food stamp programs, such as WIC, can be a great relief to students like Sundquist who attend school while also working and raising children. Yet it hardly makes for a rosy picture. For one, recent economic pressures have been putting a strain on the availability of these resources, with the result being the many who apply are forced through a litany of hoops and are easily disqualified for even Courtesy of WESTON University Address speech cuts and 'getting serious.' rkr-."- P - 1 -i a hi' ' . t ! . COLTON University Communications centered around the need for "Without financial help from the government, my little family wouldn't exist," Sundquist said. Another student on WIC said she dislikes the stereotype surrounding women on food stamps, which she says portrays them chain smoking, drinking, junk-food eating individuals with unsupervised children. Yet, this is hardly the case. As she put it, "I live simply , work hard and attend classes, and when I'm not taking care of my home and my three children, I'm doing my homework." Yet, despite the spike in food stamp dispersal, qualifying is still difficult if you are a single student with no children who still needs assistance. In order to be able to be considered, one must be a full-time student and also work at least 20 hours a State of the university address I TYSON PETERSON News writer President Matthew Holland gave his first State of The University address to a house packed with students and faculty members in the Ragan Theater Feb. 1 1 . There were many questions, but it seemed this scholarly president had a lot of answers. I lis speech centered around three main topics: the need for a new science building, budget cuts, along with the legislative process and lastly what he called "getting serious." "Central to this institution is it's TRENT BATES UVU Review a minor mess up in paperwork. Additionally, those receiving government assistance report that they often feel belittled and misunderstood. "I dislike the attitude of some of the people who work at WIC," Sundquist said. "I've often felt looked down on. Many of the workers assume that those who need aid are uneducated, which is often not the case at all." See STAMPS A2 "This is the year to fight for the new science building," Holland said. commitment to community engaged learning, and under the leadership of Jack Christiansen the foundation for community engaged learning has grown," Holland said about the core values of the university. Holland went on to show a video clip that he plans on showing investors and legislators about the great need for a new science building. The Hollywood scriptwriter encourages students ..j-.LkWi IVr.ii.i.-.l II News writer ' " "The more you study ; : movies and scripts, espe--'-cially good ones that you ad-, mire, the more you will start : to identify certain attributes," said Kathv ii-i-i i mis is not Mc- necessarily something you'll be able to do in the first draft, but you're going to have to do it eventually." Cullough. "They will start to become a part of your repertoire, a part of your general understandingof how to develop a story." Mc-Cullough,aHollywood script" reader, writer, analyst and script doctor spoke Feb. 17 to a gathering of 30-40 scriptwrit-ing students in the PS build-- . ing. McCullough currently works for such studios as-HBO, Castlerock Entertainment, Miramax, Imagine and many others. Her lecture was part of the Digital Media Speaker Series which works to bring industry professionals to students. During her lecture, McCullough explained how readers in Hollywood act as a studio's gatekeepers and gave students tips to make their scripts as attractive as possible. "Basically it's developing a story." said McCullough. "There are a lot of scripts I see where it has an interesting idea but it's not able to follow that idea all the way through... it's very difficult to keep surprising the reader, or the audience." McCullough described common mistakes and cliches, giving advice on how to avoid them. She showed how to develop unique and compelling characters, illustrating techniques the writer See HOLLYWOOD A5 video included important topics such as the rise in enrollment in the science programs. "This is the year to fight for the new science building," Holland said. Later, in answering a question about what he meant by the need to "get serious," Holland replied, "This has a lot to do with academic rigor and increasing the standards for the faculty and the students, but it's also more general. We're serious about everything, right down to our manicured lawns." Holland started with a David Lettcrman trademark; See UNIVERSITY A5

o rS VOL XLIX NO 27 .. A . .--A ; i A t A I :;:" I? A 4 .. -t: Students win at national home builders show TREVOR WILSON News writer A team of construction technology students were pleasantly surprised last month when they were presented with the first place trophy at the National Association of Home Builders' annual Residential Construction Management Competition in Las Vegas. Alex Evans, Amy Carter, Lisa Seacrest, Peter Geilman and Steven Cooper, all second-year UVU construction technology students, comprised the award winning team. They were coached by Associate Professor De Wayne Erdmann. The team was sent floor plans in September of a custom designed home that was to be built in St. Louis, Miss. They had to research area-specific regulations before preparing detailed plans for drawing, estimating and scheduling construction. "It was a five member team, each putting in about 100 hours on the project," said Erdmann. "Hard work." The team was also able to comprehensively analyze the market and redesign their drawing in order to meet the Silver-level Green Building Standard with only 30 days of notice. "Everything had to be changed to make it a green home," said Evans, the team's drafter and designer. "That was the hardest thing because most of the contractors around here do not do the green building things, so the cost of those things were so much more then they normally are." "We had to spend considerable time deciding which features we would want to add into the plans that we were given," said Geilman, the team's See HONORS A5 President Holland's State of the a new science building, budget f $ Li WIC is a Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) or the 'Food Stamp program' helps low-income people and families buy the food they need for good health. Both programs are sponsored by the USDA Food and Nutrition Service. Students on stamps GREG WILCOX " Web editor For an increasing number of students, food stamps have become a necessity for living. "I went to the government for help with groceries when I was pregnant," said Mel Sundquist, a student at UVU on the WIC program. "WIC is a supplement - it does not provide enough food for your entire diet. But it does pay for a good amount of healthy food each month, including eggs, milk, beans, and nutritious cereals." While there is no information available on how many students on campus receive food stamps, there is information on how many recipients there are per zip code. For example, within UVU's own zip code, which is 84058, the numbers of people on food stamps have grown from 543 people in 2007, to 623 in 2008, to 950 in 2009-a substantial increase that has occurred statewide. Naturally, as these numbers rise, so does the number of students applying as well. The food stamp programs, such as WIC, can be a great relief to students like Sundquist who attend school while also working and raising children. Yet it hardly makes for a rosy picture. For one, recent economic pressures have been putting a strain on the availability of these resources, with the result being the many who apply are forced through a litany of hoops and are easily disqualified for even Courtesy of WESTON University Address speech cuts and 'getting serious.' rkr-."- P - 1 -i a hi' ' . t ! . COLTON University Communications centered around the need for "Without financial help from the government, my little family wouldn't exist," Sundquist said. Another student on WIC said she dislikes the stereotype surrounding women on food stamps, which she says portrays them chain smoking, drinking, junk-food eating individuals with unsupervised children. Yet, this is hardly the case. As she put it, "I live simply , work hard and attend classes, and when I'm not taking care of my home and my three children, I'm doing my homework." Yet, despite the spike in food stamp dispersal, qualifying is still difficult if you are a single student with no children who still needs assistance. In order to be able to be considered, one must be a full-time student and also work at least 20 hours a State of the university address I TYSON PETERSON News writer President Matthew Holland gave his first State of The University address to a house packed with students and faculty members in the Ragan Theater Feb. 1 1 . There were many questions, but it seemed this scholarly president had a lot of answers. I lis speech centered around three main topics: the need for a new science building, budget cuts, along with the legislative process and lastly what he called "getting serious." "Central to this institution is it's TRENT BATES UVU Review a minor mess up in paperwork. Additionally, those receiving government assistance report that they often feel belittled and misunderstood. "I dislike the attitude of some of the people who work at WIC," Sundquist said. "I've often felt looked down on. Many of the workers assume that those who need aid are uneducated, which is often not the case at all." See STAMPS A2 "This is the year to fight for the new science building," Holland said. commitment to community engaged learning, and under the leadership of Jack Christiansen the foundation for community engaged learning has grown," Holland said about the core values of the university. Holland went on to show a video clip that he plans on showing investors and legislators about the great need for a new science building. The Hollywood scriptwriter encourages students ..j-.LkWi IVr.ii.i.-.l II News writer ' " "The more you study ; : movies and scripts, espe--'-cially good ones that you ad-, mire, the more you will start : to identify certain attributes," said Kathv ii-i-i i mis is not Mc- necessarily something you'll be able to do in the first draft, but you're going to have to do it eventually." Cullough. "They will start to become a part of your repertoire, a part of your general understandingof how to develop a story." Mc-Cullough,aHollywood script" reader, writer, analyst and script doctor spoke Feb. 17 to a gathering of 30-40 scriptwrit-ing students in the PS build-- . ing. McCullough currently works for such studios as-HBO, Castlerock Entertainment, Miramax, Imagine and many others. Her lecture was part of the Digital Media Speaker Series which works to bring industry professionals to students. During her lecture, McCullough explained how readers in Hollywood act as a studio's gatekeepers and gave students tips to make their scripts as attractive as possible. "Basically it's developing a story." said McCullough. "There are a lot of scripts I see where it has an interesting idea but it's not able to follow that idea all the way through... it's very difficult to keep surprising the reader, or the audience." McCullough described common mistakes and cliches, giving advice on how to avoid them. She showed how to develop unique and compelling characters, illustrating techniques the writer See HOLLYWOOD A5 video included important topics such as the rise in enrollment in the science programs. "This is the year to fight for the new science building," Holland said. Later, in answering a question about what he meant by the need to "get serious," Holland replied, "This has a lot to do with academic rigor and increasing the standards for the faculty and the students, but it's also more general. We're serious about everything, right down to our manicured lawns." Holland started with a David Lettcrman trademark; See UNIVERSITY A5